2008 Aspen Environment Forum

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The inaugural Aspen Environment Forum will open with a welcome reception and dinner, and then progress into intellectually rich sessions, presentations and exchanges that will build over the next three days. Participants will begin Day One: Scenes from a Changing Planet by examining the latest research and theories about the environment, move into a discussion of the issues and opportunities in the field on Day Two: Questions, Limits and Challenges, and culminate on Day Three: Environmentally Sustainable Solutions with an in-depth look at the best current approaches to environmental problems. 

Wednesday, March 26

Arrival, Registration, Sponsor/Speaker Reception and Forum Prologue
Participants are asked to arrive on this day to prepare for the first full day of the Forum.  Registration will open for all beginning at noon. 
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9:00am – 5:00pm  Registration
Doerr-Hosier Center
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5:30 – 7:30pm Opening Reception: Aspen Mountain
A private reception and dinner for Forum participants and sponsors.  Meet at 5:30pm at the base of Aspen Mountain to board the Silver Queen Gondola to the Sundeck Restaurant for cocktails and dinner.
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8:30– 10:00pm  Forum Prologue: (ticketed event with limited capacity: ticket is included with Forum pass)
Changing Climate: Where Energy and Global Warming Meet
A special event open to the public at the Wheeler Opera House featuring a multi-media presentation by Dennis Dimick, Executive Editor of National Geographic Magazine on the signs, science, and possible solutions to climate change, an assessment of future energy choices and needs by MIT Professor Daniel Nocera, and comments by David Sandalow of the Brookings Institution on policy options for climate solutions. Purchase tickets.
Daniel Nocera, David Sandalow, Dennis R. Dimick
Moderator: Elliot Gerson
Wheeler Opera House
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Thursday, March 27: Scenes from a Changing Planet

The first day of the Forum is dedicated to presenting some of the latest information, data and theories about the current state of our shared environment. Participants are invited to leave the politics and policy for a day to learn about the latest research into the natural systems and elements that sustain life on earth as we know it. 
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8:00 – 9:00am Continental Breakfast
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9:00am – 5:00pm Registration
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9:00 – 10:30am Opening Plenary Session:
                             Earth Prayer
Introductory blessing for the Earth and Native American prayer
C.J. Bradford, Roland McCook
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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Welcome to the Forum
Eliot Gerson, Chris Johns
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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What’s the Big Idea?
A special opening plenary session welcoming participants to the Forum will begin with short revelatory “ideas” by a medley of speakers representing a variety of disciplines and perspectives.  The speakers will be immediately followed by a keynote address in the spirit and hope of the Forum.
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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Colorado Welcome
Governor William Ritter
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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11:00 – 12:15pm Concurrent Sessions:
The Climate Machine
There is now no longer any serious dispute that our planet’s atmosphere is warming and man-made emissions of greenhouse gases are the principal cause. But what do we know about the carbon cycle and the other processes involved in climate change? What are the forces at work in our atmosphere? Several experts will explain.
John Fyfe, Lara Hansen, Charles Vorosmarty
Moderator: Andrew Revkin
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
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Ocean Life
The world’s oceans provide great benefits to humans ranging from food and nutritional resources, to recreational opportunities and new cures for diseases. This session will look at what the oceans hold for us and what is happening to them.
HRH Princess Banma Bint Ali, Mike Boots, Peter Kareiva, Jane Lubchenco
Moderator: Dawn Martin
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
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The Human Footprint
What is the human habitat? After opening with a short clip from the National Geographic Channel’s show, The Human Footprint, airing April 13, this session will examine the current understanding of the human habitat: How many of us are there? Where do we live? How do we live? What effect does population have on resources and energy?
Amy Coen, Jerome Ringo, Dorceta Taylor
Moderator: Elizabeth Vargas
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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Colorado Icons in Peril
Aspen groves in Colorado and throughout the West are vanishing from the landscape, dying faster and in more places than previously expected and for reasons scientists don’t understand. Simultaneously, a pine beetle infestation is spreading from southern Wyoming into the Front Range; it is speculated nearly all of Colorado’s
mature lodge pole pine forests could be killed within three to five years. Silviculturist Wayne Shepperd of the US Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station and forest ecologist Glenn Juday provide an update of what is now known and what remains unknown.
Glenn Juday, Wayne Shepperd
Moderator: Auden Schendler
Koch Building, Stranahan Seminar Room
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In Conversation:
Understanding Biodiversity
Why does plant and species diversity matter? When ecosystems are disturbed, is our quality of life diminished? This session will highlight in detail the study of ecology and biodiversity. Forum participants will take part in a conversation with several experts who will offer their views and show pictures of what is at stake
M.A. Sanjayan, André Kamden Toham, Michael Nichols, Greg Moore
Moderator: Peter Seligmann
Koch Building, Lauder Seminar Room 
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12:30 – 1:45pm Lunch
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
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12:30 – 1:45pm Lunch Presentation:
Extreme Ice Survey
For nearly 30 years, James Balog has consistently broken new ground in the art of photography. His work grows out of his lifelong passion for the environment as an artist, scientist, explorer, and adventurer. The Extreme Ice Survey is his latest project. Using time-lapse photography, conventional photography, and video, he has created an unprecedented look at retreating glaciers in Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, the Alps, and the Rockies. Join us as we explore ice on the run.
James Balog
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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2:00 – 3:15pm Plenary Sessions:
Diversity of Life and Creation: A Conversation with E.O. Wilson
Eminent entomologist E.O. Wilson has worked tirelessly throughout his career to highlight our obligation to preserve entire ecosystems, as opposed to individual species, and to bridge contributions to genetics and biology with philosophy, the humanities, and the social sciences. He discusses his life’s work.
E.O. Wilson
Interviewer: Tim Appenzeller
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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3:45 – 5:00pm Concurrent Sessions:
Vital Rainforests
It is often reported that the world’s rainforests are being lost or destroyed at an alarming and ever-increasing rate. But what qualifies as a rainforest? Why are they known as the “lungs of the earth”? And why should we really care about them? Experts will address these questions and others.
Glenn Juday, Juan Marco Alvarez, Peter Seligmann
Moderator: Michael Jenkins
Koch Building, Stranahan Seminar Room
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Signs of Climate Change
The signs of climate change are already becoming evident as plants and animals adjust their behavior and precipitation patterns change. During this session, noted climate experts will attempt to explain and show the evidence.
Lara Hansen, Paul Nicklen, Pier Vellinga
Moderator: Dennis R. Dimick
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
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The Big Thaw
Scientists say the melting of the ice in the coldest parts of the globe could accelerate dramatically. Could widespread thawing really occur? What can happen and why does it matter?
James Balog, Andrew Revkin, Konrad Steffen
Moderator: David Malakoff
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
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Circle of Blue
Most people know that life is impossible without water, but most of us take water for granted. However, water scarcity already affects every continent and 40 percent of the world’s population. The situation is getting worse due to population growth, urbanization, and the increase in domestic and industrial water use. Experts will explore the current state of fresh water supplies.
J. Carl Ganter, Charles Vorosmarty
Introduction: Jack Riggs
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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Sylvia Earle – A Life Dedicated to the Sea
Sylvia Earle is one of the best-known marine scientists on the planet. A botanist, biologist, conservationist, and entrepreneur, Sylvia Earle has challenged and overcome numerous obstacles to pursue her life-long curiosity about the magical world beneath the waves. This session is a unique opportunity to meet and learn more about the life and work of the person who has walked untethered on the sea floor at a lower depth than any other human being.
Sylvia Earle
Interviewer: Alexandra Cousteau
Doerr-Hosier Center, Catto Room
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In Conversation:
Wilderness Recalled
Wilderness is an indispensable part of American history. Native Americans and early explorers depended on the bounty of wilderness for survival and held wild places as sacred. Many now, however, claim the essential wildness of America has virtually disappeared. Wilderness experts weigh in.
Ed Bangs, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Robert Stanton, Will Stolzenburg
Moderator: Elliot Gerson
Koch Building, Lauder Seminar Room 
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8:30 – 9:45pm Evening Exchange: (advanced tickets sold out: ticket is included with Forum pass)
Eden at the End of the World
A special showing at the Hotel Jerome ballroom of the new National Geographic film about the last great wilderness of its kind – Patagonia.  Covering more than half-a-million square miles of Chile and Argentina, this wild place is a precious haven for some of Earth's most indestructible creatures.  But the guanaco, condor and Magellanic penguin who share this spectacular place with orcas, parrots and elephant seals are facing increasing pressure from humans. The film details how new conservation models may save them and preserve the wildness at the bottom of the world. A special panel moderated by Elizabeth Vargas of ABC News will proceed the showing of the film.  Tickets may be available at the door.
John Calvelli, Michael Nichols, Megan Guy, Robert Stanton
Moderator: Elizabeth Vargas
Introduction: Abby Joseph Cohen
The Jerome Hotel Ballroom
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Friday, March 28: Questions, Limits and Challenges

Whether it is climate change, the state of our oceans, access to fresh water, and the availability of clean sources of energy, environmental challenges and opportunities have assumed a prominent place in public discourse.  This day will be one to parse out these challenges and possibilities – an opportunity to take a closer look at the broader mechanics and forces currently at work in our shared environment.
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8:00 – 9:00am Continental Breakfast
Doerr-Hosier Center
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9:00am – 5:00pm Registration
Doerr-Hosier Center
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9:00 – 10:15am Plenary Sessions:
Plan B 3.0 LIVE
Collisions between human demands and the earth’s capacity to satisfy them are becoming daily events. This plenary session will examine current thinking about the earth’s capacity to sustain life as we understand it and how we must now work together to save civilization. Lester Brown, founder and president of the Earth Policy Institute and one of the world’s most widely published authors and influential thinkers on the environment, will examine these questions and others.
Lester Brown
Introduction: Sam Champion
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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10:45 – 12:00pm Concurrent Sessions:
Silent Ground
Animals and humans ultimately get their sustenance from plants, which are nurtured by fertile soil. Yet soil – our soil – is threatened by, among other things, artificial fertilizers, pesticides, and erosion. Noted experts on soil and organic farming show and tell what they know.
Amy Seidl, Jim Richardson, Cheryl Rogowski
Moderator: Dennis R. Dimick
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
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Peak Oil?
Driven by environmental and security concerns, more government intervention into energy policy is likely in the next few years. Do national security and environmental policies conflict? Participants will examine this critical question.
Amory Lovins, Randy Udall, Marvin Odum
Moderator: Jack Riggs
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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What is a Sustainable Business?
Sustainability seems to be everywhere in business today, but just what is “sustainable” and what is not? How should sustainability be measured and evaluated? How much is enough? This session will examine sustainability in business and industry.
Elizabeth A. Lowery, Thomas Mooney, Megan Guy, Auden Schendler
Moderator: Joel Makower
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
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Air, Land, and Water
Ecosystem functions provide valuable services to nature and society. Yet our current patterns of energy production and consumption take a heavy toll on air and water quality. What is the future for natural ecosystems under the current economy and regulatory framework?
Charles Driscoll, David Pimentel
Moderator: Juliet Eilperin
Koch Building, Stranahan Seminar Room
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In Conversation:
Lessons from the Ages
A cultural fabric envelops our Earth – the sum total of all the thoughts and dreams, myths, intuitions, and inspirations of human imagination. This is perhaps humanity’s greatest legacy. Yet as the forces of globalization and modernization accelerate and further divorce us from the natural world, are we losing touch with these lessons
from the ages?
Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Patricia Nelson Limerick, William Yellowtail
Moderator: Elliot Gerson
Koch Building, Lauder Seminar Room
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12:00 – 1:30pm Lunch
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
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12:15 – 1:30pm Lunch Presentation:
Photographer Jim Richardson’s work explores the human connection to the land. Named “Kansan of the Year” in 2007 for his National Geographic story on the tallgrass prairie, Richardson will present photographs from a new project on one of our most vital and most abused resources: the soil.
Jim Richardson
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room 
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1:45 – 3:00pm Plenary Sessions:
The Psychology of Climate Change
Experts argue that climate change has the potential to destroy our society and even threatens our continued survival as a species. As the impacts of climate change intensify, we can anticipate that people will willingly develop collective mechanisms for coping with these frightening prospects. Psychoanalytic theory contains valuable
pointers to the ways that people may try to cope, but what do these mechanisms portend for the future? Can we act now to help ensure that more effective and enlightened responses are developed and deployed? ABC News correspondent Bill Blakemore explores these questions.
Bill Blakemore
Paepcke Memorial Building, Auditorium
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How Much Time to Act on Climate Change?
On February 2, 2007, the United Nations scientific panel studying climate change declared that the evidence of a warming trend is “unequivocal,” and that human activity has “very likely” been the driving force in that change over the last 50 years. Experts examine current thinking about how much time may remain before climate change becomes catastrophic.
Abby Joseph Cohen, Lara Hansen, Timothy Wirth, Cathy Zoi
Moderator: Juliet Eilperin
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room 
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3:30 – 4:45pm Concurrent Sessions:
Pushing Against Limits
World population, industrialization, pollution, food production, and resource depletion seem to impose limits to growth. Are there indeed limits to the Earth’s systems and resources? Experts grapple with the opportunities and challenges arising from growth.
Amy Coen, Peter Kareiva, Steve McCormick
Moderator: Chris Johns
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
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Local Nature and the Power of Place
Thoreau wrote, “Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.” We often take for granted the nature that surrounds and enriches us, from dedicated urban green space to municipal parks to community gardens. Experts shed light on the power and importance of local nature.
Majora Carter, Josh Dorfman, Andrew Light
Moderator: Joel K. Bourne, Jr.
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
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Greenhouse Surprises
Climate change can accelerate when feedbacks kick in. Melting permafrost, disappearing sea ice, and shifting ocean currents can all amplify global warming. What do these feedbacks bode for the future? Is there anything we can do about them? Experts offer explanations.
John Fyfe, Margaret Leinen, Konrad Steffen
Moderator: Dennis R. Dimick
Koch Building, Stranahan Seminar Room
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Environment, Power, and Politics
Like it or not, the best or most enlightened solutions to the environmental problems we face do not always carry the day. Why? How can we create the political will for change that finds the right balance between regulation and incentive?
Kit Batten, Frances Beinecke, Ira Magaziner
Moderator: Andrew Revkin
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room 
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Film: Sea of Change
Shot on location in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Sea of Change examines how overfishing threatens our oceans.  Filmmaker and experts discuss how individuals, communities, corporations, and the government can all contribute to sustainability in our oceans.
Sylvia Earle, Marah Hardt, Dawn Martin, Jamie Taucher
Moderator: Alexandra Cousteau
Paepcke Memorial Building, Auditorium
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In Conversation:
Energy Strategy and Environmental Systems
With worldwide demand for energy increasing every day, the development of new, clean, and renewable energy sources is critical to Earth’s environment. In this session, experts will engage in an in-depth conversation about the energy choices that lie ahead and their connection to the state of the environment.
Jeff Kenna, Carrie Norton, Steven Strong, Michael Totten
Moderator: William Becker
Koch Building, Lauder Seminar Room
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8:30 – 9:45pm Evening Exchange: (ticketed events with limited capacity: ticket is included with Forum pass)
Arctic Experience
Several experts present the story of the melting of the Arctic ice cap from different perspectives in a special public event at the Wheeler Opera House.  Purchase tickets here.
Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Paul Nicklen, Konrad Steffen
Moderator: Andrew Revkin
Wheeler Opera House
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Saturday, March 29: Environmentally Sustainable Solutions

We devote this day to examining the best current examples of sustainable solutions to the environmental problems we face. How do fast-growing economies across the globe adjust their demands for energy and resources to the realities of sustainable supplies? Are there short and long-term alternatives available to stabilize our changing environment and bolster its health? Topics will include: clean energy, successful efforts to protect and restore ecosystem functions, the economics of adapting to sustainable environmental change, and the emergence of a global environmental ethic. The Forum will conclude with a special awards dinner at the
Hotel Jerome for all presenters and participants.
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8:00 – 9:00am Continental Breakfast
Doerr-Hosier Center
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9:00 – 10:15am Plenary Session:
Green For All
Green For All, a new campaign working to bring “green collar” jobs to urban areas, was launched at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York on September 26, 2007. Its founder, Van Jones, who is backed by other environmental activists including Majora Carter from Sustainable South Bronx, hopes to get Congress to allocate at least $125
million to train 30,000 young people a year in “green” trades. Jones and Carter explain their plans.
Majora Carter, Van Jones
Moderator: Ira Magaziner
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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10:45 – 12:00pm Concurrent Sessions:
Wolves in Yellowstone – A Species Recovery Success Story?
Thanks to a controversial but successful reintroduction program, wolves are now back and thriving in Yellowstone National Park after an absence of almost 70 years. Ed Bangs, the wolf recovery coordinator for the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the lower 48 states, will explain how the introduction occurred and its significance for
Yellowstone and beyond with author Will Stolzenburg.
Ed Bangs, Will Stolzenburg
Moderator: David Malakoff
Koch Building, Stranahan Seminar Room
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The Future of Food
Eating responsibly is a challenge in a world where rising living standards drive consumption of more meat, which has profound environmental impacts. Meat production is energy and water intensive and also requires land resources that limit production of grain for human and animal consumption. As the oceans are fished out, food supplies on all fronts are being strained. Experts attempt to reconcile the challenges.
Cheryl Rogowski, Pier Vellinga
Moderator: Michelle Lapinski
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
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Equal Environment for All
International development is about much more than the rise or fall of GNP. It is about creating conditions where all people have the opportunity to develop their full potential and lead productive, creative lives in accord with their needs and interests. How can environmental protection be balanced with meeting the needs and aspirations of all?
HRH Princess Dana Firas, Mohamed El-Ashry, Stephen Humphreys, M.A. Sanjayan
Moderator: Lisa Hymas
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
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Environment and Security
Driven by environmental and security concerns, more government intervention into energy policy is likely in the next few years. Do national security and environmental policies conflict? Participants will examine this critical question.
Alexander Karsner, Amory Lovins, Gale Norton, Robert Williams
Moderator: Michael Totten
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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In Conversation:
Nature’s Place: Saving Ecosystems and Habitat
Amazonia, wetlands, boreal forests–important regions of our shared Earth — are threatened. How do we decide which specific ecosystems demand immediate attention? What strategies are appropriate? And how can we be sure we’ve done enough? Experts share their thoughts and experience.
HRH Princess Basma Bint Ali, Scott Edward Anderson, Patricia Nelson Limerick, Steve McCormick
Moderator: Peter Seligmann
Koch Building, Lauder Seminar Room
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12:00 – 1:30pm Lunch
Aspen Meadows Restaurant
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12:15 – 1:30pm Lunch Presentation:
Photography of Michael Nichols
Michael Nichols, National Geographic magazine Editor at Large and Fellow with the International League of Conservation Photographers, presents a portfolio of his powerful wildlife images, which have catalyzed conservation efforts and new national parks in Africa.
Michael Nichols 
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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1:45 – 3:00pm Plenary Sessions:
Reporting Inconvenient Truth:
Journalism and Coverage of the Environment
Unlike wars, tax breaks, or natural disasters, environmental problems often unfold too slowly to excite much human attention or create the sense of crisis that humans often require to organize themselves. However, they also generally unfold slowly enough to permit humans to act and adapt without significant disruption – providing the public understands the dimension of the challenges. A distinguished panel of reporters discusses the challenge of presenting environmental issues honestly and urgently.
Bill Blakemore, Juliet Eilperin, David Malakoff, Andrew Revkin
Moderator: Dennis R. Dimick
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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Rethinking Cities
Solutions have begun to develop for rebuilding our cities. Many experts now believe that there is a direct relationship between development patterns and quality of life. Author Jim Kunstler will examine how new urban policies can promote better housing, transportation, economic development, and the preservation of environmental quality.
Jim Kunstler
Introduction: Tim Appenzeller
Paepcke Memorial Building, Auditorium
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3:30 – 4:45pm Concurrent Sessions:
Living with Coal
Like it or not, coal is part of our lives now and for the foreseeable future. How can we reconcile a growing reliance on this plentiful but dirty fuel with the need to confront climate change? Experts offer their opinions.
Alexander Karsner, Jim Rogers, Robert Williams
Moderator: Tim Appenzeller
Koch Building, Booz Allen Hamilton Room
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Energy Entrepreneurs
How entrepreneurs get their great ideas and possible solutions to our energy needs off the drawing boards and into the homes and businesses of customers?  Experts provide their thoughts.
John Kelly III, Jeff Kenna, Steven Strong
Moderator: Andrew Shapiro
Koch Building, Stranahan Seminar Room
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Carbon Markets
The market on carbon credits is already booming. Does it offer real hope for the controlling climate?  Several experts offer their opinions.
David Scaysbrook, Auden Schendler, Cathy Zoi
Moderator: Mohamed El-Ashry
Doerr-Hosier Center, Kaufman Room
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Sustainability in Practice: Managing the Long View
How can leaders in banking and investment encourage long-term thinking?  What will be the effect?
Peter Liu, Elizabeth A. Lowery, Thomas Mooney, Nancy Tuor
Moderator: Judith Samuelson
Doerr-Hosier Center, McNulty Room
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The Catto Fellows Put It Together
The Catto Fellowship Program is designed to create an opportunity for emerging leaders from different sectors and cultures to step back from the fray, reflect on and crystallize their beliefs and values relative to the environment, learn from others approaching environmental challenges from entirely different angles and jointly develop innovative solutions.  During this special concluding session the 2007 class of Catto Fellows will lead several different groups reflecting the general themes of the Forum in a collaborative discussion and examination of the big ideas presented during the Forum.
2007 Class of Catto Fellows (In attendance)
Suzanne Biegel, Shelley Billick, Rajsekhar Budhavarapu, Erin Carlson, Mark Gold, Heather Lauver, John Morton, Rebecca Nadel, Trip Pollard, Eben Schwartz, Susan Short, Jil Zilligen
Moderator: David Monsma, Keith Berwick
Koch Building, Lauder Seminar Room
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6:00 – 9:00pm Forum Dinner and Awards Ceremony
The Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Awards recognize and reward excellence for those making a real and concrete contribution to innovation, implementation, and communication of energy and environmental solutions. Five awards, to be presented at this first Annual Event, are designed to draw attention to the organizations and people who are making the biggest strides, acting as leaders, catalysts, and educators, particularly at the critical nexus between energy and environmental problems and solutions.
The Hotel Jerome Ballroom